LOCAL NEWS
"This Old House" gives new life to a foreclosed Roxbury homeIn the sharp chill of a December morning, Lanita Tolentino, 30, joked around with workers in the front yard of a major renovation project on Roxbury's Woodbine Street. For months, she had monitored the progress, watching the siding put on, the new roof shingled, a front porch emerge. More » |
Massachusetts public schools push for longer daysMassachusetts is renewing its push to lengthen the school day, by adding more charter schools and appealing for federal grant money. More » |
Senate candidates clash in second-to-last debateSPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Scott Brown used their sharpest terms yet as the two Massachusetts politicians clashed last Friday in the second-to-last debate of the campaign to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
1883 memoir of black life in RI is project's focusPROVIDENCE, R.I. - William J. Brown led a typical life for a free black man in 1800s Providence. He was a shoemaker and a preacher, and through his church became a leader of the city's African American community before dying at age 71 in 1886. More » |
Republicans cite Lott in calling for Reid to quitWASHINGTON - A double standard? Republicans seeking Sen. Harry Reid's resignation as majority leader over racial remarks he made about Barack Obama say yes - that Reid should be held to the same standard as former GOP Sen. Trent Lott, whose own racial gaffes cost him the Senate leadership in 2002. More » |
Aloha State honors Obama's Hawaiian rootsHONOLULU - Local Hawaiians enthusiastically greeted President Barack Obama during his 11-day vacation to his home state. Obama and his family arrived More » |
Fed judges: Washington felony inmates should get voteOLYMPIA, Wash. - In a decision that could give momentum to other efforts to expand voting to inmates, a federal appeals court ruled that incarcerated felons should be allowed to vote in Washington state. More » |
Budget cuts force tough choices on court securityOn many days, the metal detectors sit silent at the busiest courthouse in Maine. More » |
Economy 101: Dropouts hold down unemployment rateWASHINGTON - Nearly 2 million Americans have dropped out of the work force since last May - and if they hadn't, the unemployment rate would have risen a lot more dramatically over the last several months. More » |
A trumpet for his times (and ours): Hodgson's King examines MLK in Age of ObamaGodfrey Hodgson, a British journalist who knew and covered Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., offers the first Obama Era examination of the leader of the Civil Rights Movement. Though published by a university press, Hodgson's work is as accessible as a trade imprint. More » |
'Actual malice'Landmark "New York Times v. Sullivan" case redefined libel and enabled press to cover Civil Rights Movement without fear of economic reprisal More » |
Martin Luther King Jr. Chronology1929 - Born at noon on Jan. 15 to the Rev. and Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. of 501 Auburn Avenue N.E. in Atlanta. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Bermuda seeks help in fight against gang violenceSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Bermuda is reaching out to the FBI and other overseas law enforcement agencies to help break up violent gangs that are threatening the mid-Atlantic island's image as a tranquil tourist haven. More » |
